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The Energy of the Future: Danielle Knutson

Energy of the Future
Danielle researched the correlation between distributed energy resources (DERs) and characteristics such as population, education, and race to identify underserved areas in California where infrastructure is needed to increase DER accessibility.
September 22, 2026
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Susan Solomon: ‘Healing the earth is possible’

Susan Solomon (Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences) discusses her efforts to communicate climate science and her new book, Solvable: How We Healed the Earth, and How We Can Do It Again: “We are in a world bursting with change. So it’s a perfect time to be a climate scientist and study all those things.”
June 13, 2024 In the media Times Higher Education

These SF startups could play key roles in electrification push

A group of startups in San Francisco are aiming to support the power grid as electrification adds new demand. “We’re going to be moving a lot more electrons during certain time periods than the current transmission and, certainly, distribution network is capable of doing, if we don’t do that smartly. Technology is a potential solution to this,” states MITEI Deputy Director of Policy Chris Knittel.
June 7, 2024 In the media San Francisco Examiner

Charging ahead

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MIT senior Elaine Liu calculates how renewables and EVs impact the grid
May 28, 2024 MITEI

New era for nuclear power

Jacopo Buongiorno (Nuclear Science and Engineering) discusses the Biden Administration’s investments in nuclear power generation and the great potential of this energy source. “The nice thing about nuclear is that it’s a fairly versatile energy source. It can give you heat, if you want heat. It can give you electricity if you want electricity.”
May 16, 2024 In the media Living on Earth

Systemic sustainability

At the 2024 Earth Day Colloquium, World Resources Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta makes the case that systemic changes in a handful of countries will be critical to meeting global goals for greenhouse gas emissions.
May 15, 2024 MITEI

Are flight offsets worth it?

John Sterman (MIT Sloan) discusses the effectiveness of flight offsets. In order for the offsets to be legitimate, the results must be “verifiable, immediate, and durable” as well as “additional”, meaning the project wouldn’t have happened without the offset.
May 10, 2024 In the media New York Times

H2 Underground

At the 2024 MIT Energy Initiative Spring Symposium, experts weighed whether hydrogen stored in the earth might be a practical energy source of the future.
May 10, 2024 MITEI

William H. Green named director of MIT Energy Initiative

In his new role, the professor of chemical engineering plans to speed up the consensus process among academics, business leaders, and policymakers for a successful energy transition.
May 7, 2024 MITEI

Preparing Taiwan for a decarbonized economy

The MIT Energy Initiative and a consortium of Taiwanese companies are exploring how Taiwan can secure its energy future as the world transitions away from fossil fuels.
April 30, 2024 MITEI

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